

Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC Television. The premise of each programme is that the presenter, typically a well-known figure from the arts or media, would make a journey by train, usually through a country or to a destination to which they had a personal connection. There were four series broadcast on BBC Two between 1980 and 1999, with the shorter series title being used for all but the first. In 2010 a similar series also aired on BBC Two, Great British Railway Journeys.
Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.
Aired: 10/23/1980Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.
Aired: 10/30/1980Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.
Aired: 11/13/1980Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.
Aired: 11/13/1980Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.
Aired: 12/4/1980Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.
Aired: 12/4/1980Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.
Aired: 12/11/1980Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.
Aired: 12/18/1980Sign in to share your thoughts with the community.